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Paula I assume you're tagging us for comment, joining in the prayer circle in private...one, both, neither?

I'll take a shot at commenting. This is tough. Online porn is a REALLY BIG PROBLEM. Kids have always been victimized by the sex industry and it's only gotten worse since it's gone virtual with the rest of the world.

All I can say is pray hard and consistently for the safety of children everywhere whether they are in situations like this or not. Take action by being involved yourself in programs that build up kids - Scouting, Boys & Girls clubs, Sunday school/youth group/church related activities, sports coaching etc. - and which can keep them out of harm's way.

I'm the Cub Master at church and the front of each Cub Scout hand book and Boy Scout hand book has a section on child safety that each new Scout and his parents are supposed to read together. We're going to go over it again as a unit this morning though.

I understand Michael's perspective. It's hard to forgive anyone who would lay hands on a kid sexually or encourage anything that would put them in a pornographic situation. Neverless we have to try because Chistians are obligated to pray about all sin and all sinners. At the same time God gave us emotions for a reason too, so again, I know where you're coming from Michael.

But remember the ultimate issue is sin and not a particular act. If we don't pray for the bad guys to be transformed then the innocent will never have a chance.

Pray for the victimized children and their minds and their hearts that they won't be permanently damaged by what they've been pulled into.

There's so much I could say about this subject that it's making my head spin. Way more than I can toss out there this early on a Saturday morning. Maybe I'll make this my last thought for now because I'd like to hear from the rest of you.

I have some thoughts on how some of these people's minds get twisted in this way but I'll stop typing for now. But when I come back I'll make reference to some writings on the subject by one of my favorite authors James Dobson and some references to Greek history. Some of you may know where I'm going with this.

Thank you so much for this entry. You raise some good points, but the blogger power campaign is not about "crime" is about asking the legal porn sites to password protect their contents. You know, to digg you need to login, to read your email you need to login... etc. So we want to ask them, politely, to create a login page, to prevent small kids from accidentally seeing such materials. This, plus parental care, plus a software should make a good protection. The Blogger Power campaign is situated at http://bloggerpower.wordpress.com/ :) Thank you for joining!

You're really starting to touch some nerves here! I guess that's why I've taken so long to comment on this post. This is very tough on levels that you can only imagine.

As I've said in a previous comment, sexual sins cut deep and linger long (mine that is). I could post an entry in support of this effort to protect children from Adult Pornography. But, if I don't address my own struggles with it I would only have hypocrisy to offer this cause. How would that be of any help?

There used to be a time when all it would take to walk down the dark path is a nosey child finding a relatives old dirty magazines. Now with the internet's oceanic supply of pornographic content children (as well as adults) are easily exposed to some of the most graphic of acts that humans can imagine.

I haven't posted an entry since you tagged me to post this one in support of BloggerPower. Not that I'm lacking subjects to post about. They all just seem too trivial in the light of this one!

This is a tough topic, nevertheless, I appreciate you tagging me on it. Look for my response probably on Tuesday or Wednesday (got lots of stuff to tie up for my students, getting ready for Spring Break, my weekly post, etc.). I've talked about this issue with my high school students, and having a daughter myself, I certainly need to generate a "formal" response.